by Victoria Hynes | Jun 1, 2017 | All Articles, Artist Interviews, Artists, Asian Art News, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Publications, Vernon Ah Kee
Finding The Warrior Self Vernon Ah Kee’s art and voice are vital to understanding the reality of life for Aboriginal people in Australia now. His recent survey show entitled Not an Animal or a Plant shows something of the diversity of Aboriginal culture, encouraging...
by Victoria Hynes | Feb 1, 2017 | All Articles, Artists, Asian Art News, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Max Dupain, Publications
Everything under the Sun The Australian Summer this year has been marked by scorching temperatures and unprecedented heatwaves across the country. It is therefore fitting that an exhibition exploring the iconic photograph titled ‘The Sunbaker’, by renowned...
by Victoria Hynes | Nov 26, 2016 | All Articles, Artists, Australian Art Collector, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, George Gittoes, Publications
Heart Of Darkness GEORGE GITTOES Taking in George Gittoes touring survey exhibition ‘I Witness’, provokes a visceral response, like being given a swift kick in the guts. The images are the stuff of nightmares, describing in paint, drawings, prints and on film,...
by Victoria Hynes | Feb 24, 2015 | All Articles, Adam Hill, Australian Art Review, Danie Mellor, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Fiona Foley, Mervyn Bishop, Rea
The Colony’s First Australian It is a curious to know that the most popular subject in early Australian portraiture was not a colonial governor or early explorer but in fact a little known aboriginal man named ‘Bungaree’. Known as ‘King of the Blacks’ and ‘Chief...
by Victoria Hynes | Jan 1, 2014 | All Articles, Artists, Australian Art Collector, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art
FOR THE DIARY – AAC ISSUE 70 BRETT GRAHAM Target Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.4-24 December 2014 Brett Graham is one of New Zealand’s most innovative and accomplished sculptors working today. His robust wooden and stone sculptures meld modernist forms with...
by Victoria Hynes | Oct 24, 2012 | All Articles, Australian Art Review, Claire Healy, Exhibition Reviews, Fine Art, Sean Cordeiro
Excess Baggage For more than a decade, collaborating Australian artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro have led a nomadic life, carving out bases in Sydney and Berlin, whilst criss-crossing the globe with residencies and a string of shows throughout Europe, Asia and...
